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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:04:21 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249675[…] bought into Paul’s PR-heavy statement yesterday that everything’s all good in New Orleans; least of all CBS and their sources: […]
]]>By: Teddy-the-Bearhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249667
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:54:48 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249667F*ck, I wanted him to play in New York… Ah well… PLEASE tell me the Hornets will be willing to deal Darren Collison soon then.
Also, what is this sh!t about the Miami big 3 influencing Chris Paul? They called him up and told him to copy them? He’s a grown @ss man, and the NBA is a bigger world then we make it out to be.
]]>By: KBhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249582
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:21:55 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249582i think the hornets are playing this wrong. they have a young point guard just waiting to step in who went for 19 and 9 in his starts and had a 18-10 record. you can use chris paul to get rid of some bad contracts and get a few pieces that are badly needed and be back in contention within 2-3 years
]]>By: gmZhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249581
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:18:51 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249581Oh man, that sucks. I really wanted to see CP3 in orlando throwing up alley-oops to Dwight. The south beach rivalry would have intensified as well..
]]>By: Ronaldhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249448
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:08 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249448@T-Money: He might want out because they’ve had more or less the same core/pieces for the past few years with similar results.
]]>By: Jhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249418
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:07:56 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249418in other news the cavs traded delonte west and bassy to minny for Sessions, Hollins and a future second-round pick.
]]>By: Jhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249399
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:41:17 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249399so the portland hopes is still alive..
]]>By: RedRumhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249386
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:04:43 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249386ha! maybe the did do what I suggested! “Listen kid, we have been reading SLAM comments. One guy suggested we bench you for two years if this trade thing goes on. Biggest clubs in europe do it. now kid… you have two options: you listen to your good buddy LeCon and ask for a trade, which we decline and we bench your arse, or you play the good citizen, give a nice statement to the press, and we take if from there, kay? Kay..
]]>By: Yessehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249175
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:48:09 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249175Are you kidding me?
]]>By: Shanoooooohttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249128
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:09:34 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249128He’ll prolly be traded before his contract is up because there is now way he’s resigning. They need to jus let him go to the best offer in the East and part ways. Its not like you don’t already have a PG of the future.
]]>By: CARTELhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249086
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:28:17 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249086In other words, he’s got a 2 year bid in the N.O. before he’s free…
]]>By: dezhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249056
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:31:18 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249056CP doesn’t have any opt-out clause? 2 years is the earliest he’ll be a FA?
]]>By: josehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249050
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:24:46 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249050Well lets see what NO can do this year to make paul happy cuz, CP3’s leverage isn’t there now but it will increase w/ the time passing of coursee
]]>By: Matthttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1249020
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:36:07 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1249020They will be in Vegas or Seattle soon…
]]>By: T-Moneyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248999
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:13:12 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248999Why would Melo want a trade? DEN is actually a contender with nice pieces. They only need to get healthy. I really like their top 8 with Lawson, JR and Birdman off the bench. They have two problems: maturity and depth (the talent drop off is huge after the 8th man).
]]>By: Maurice Garlandhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248997
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:11:47 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248997man…this has been the gayest NBA offseason ever. nothing but a bunch of damn gossip. might as well be on TMZ and E!. Thank you lord for Summer League play. If it werent for actual NBA action this summer I’d absolutely hate the league right now.
]]>By: IAMORANGE4EVERhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248982
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:02:38 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248982@CF98: Also, a player only having 1 year remaining on his contract (See Kevin Garnett in summer of ’07) before he can (opt out and) become a free agent, is slight leverage to control where he wants to be traded to, due to the fact it’s highly unlikely a team would leverage their future for a player that isn’t gonna be happy playing for them, which essentially makes said player an extremely costly 1 year rental. CP3 had zero leverage, whereas Carmelo has slight leverage.
]]>By: total scrotal implosionhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248974
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:56:33 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248974Two more years of gumbo, beads, titties, and almost making the playoffs
]]>By: IAMORANGE4EVERhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248966
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:51:40 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248966Chris Paul never had the leverage with 2 years remaining on his contract before he could opt out, so by saying he wants to stay put in New Orleans, Chris Paul protects his image/brand by avoiding a potentially messy divorce from the Hornets. Not to digress, but the player who does have some leverage, and should/could be demanding a trade, is Carmelo, who can opt out after this season, which is the same situation Kevin Garnett was in right before the Timberwolves traded him to the Celtics. Do it Melo, but keep it hush hush.
]]>By: CF98http://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248949
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:38:36 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248949Not exactly, Kobe has a no trade clause. CP3 does not. Kobe could dictate where he’d want to go if he was going to be traded.
]]>By: DPhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248933
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:25:03 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248933Well I’m glad homey knows he has his own mind. Bron Bron been running inception on son these past couple of months.
]]>By: The D Trainhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248924
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:20:13 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248924Unless Paul starts taking dumps on his teammates jerseys before games, there is no way New Orleans should trade him. If he does start doing that, though, they should trade him to the Cavs so he can literally hand out Cleveland steamers.
]]>By: The Promisehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248889
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:41:46 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248889Funny post T-Money, but it does make sense. i’d say thats about how that meeting went. They don’t have to trade him if they don’t to.
]]>By: T-Moneyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248869
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:27:03 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248869Well Chris had absolutely no leverage. This is the same situation Kobe was in.
STAR: “Trade me!… or else..”
TEAM: “Or else what?”
STAR: “…”
]]>By: Celtics fanhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248863
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:23:51 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248863WHO ARE THE HORNETS…THEY WILL NEVER BE CONTENDERS
]]>By: freshhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248861
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:21:26 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248861Garbage
]]>By: Eboyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248858
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:20:08 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248858So Chris got reprimanded by management in their 2 hour meeting today, and now everything’s hunky dory? Lebron didn’t ruin yet another team? Remarkable.
]]>By: T-Moneyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248857
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:19:48 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248857The truth is NO wanted to trade him and Okafor to Orlando for Nelson, Vince and Bass but LeBron vetoed the trade. That’s the word on the street, I swear. After that move, it’s official that LeBron will never be Sam Presti.
]]>By: cthttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248851
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:09:37 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248851you will never win a title in new orleans chris. They can make u all the promises in the world about where the team is headed for the future, but its all smoke and mirrors. You would be better off in orlando. Make them trade you or play mediocre basketball for them until they do.
]]>By: cramzyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248847
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:05:36 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248847I’m glad he decided to chill. Who knows what can happen in N.O. At the very least he should just ride it out a couple yrs and see where it goes. If it falters, bounce.
]]>By: niQhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248845
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:03:27 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248845Things will change in 2 years…
]]>By: Nick the Quickhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248844
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:03:05 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248844Lebron aka The Godfather called the Hornets head office this morning and made them an offer they couldn’t refuse if they could talk CP3 into staying in the West and not joining an Eastern conference team to rival the Heat: CP3 gets the State Farm commercials.
]]>By: JLhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248842
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:01:21 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248842i don’t get why NO doesn’t trade him. they already have collison at PG and should use him to upgrade their PF or C position. they’re not winning with the current makeup anyway!
]]>By: drosefan13http://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248841
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:00:02 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248841Maybe he will be able to keep his backbone while being with LeBron’s LRMR people. Guess we will see.
]]>By: BostonBallerhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248836
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:56:24 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248836He already took a big loss in most eyes…Now we have to read about how LBJ talked him into staying in the west, blah blah blad
]]>By: MusketeerXhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248833
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:54:39 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248833Translation: “We have you for two more years. We aren’t trading you. You better get used to that jersey.”
]]>By: LDR4http://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248832
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:54:38 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248832I guess LeBron, LRMR, and Worldwide didn’t get their hooks in deep enough.
]]>By: Vegashttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248830
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:54:13 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248830Chris just do it, you’ll never go anywhere in the big easy
]]>By: Tommy Patronhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/never-mind-chris-paul-wants-to-stay-in-new-orleans/#comment-1248829
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:53:53 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=84630#comment-1248829BS. If the tune changes during the season, CP3 takes a big loss of stature in my eyes.
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